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Farm Sanctuary Gala 2004

“I see us as stewards of all this, you know – the air, the land, the animals. There’s this complete dismissal of life on Earth. We’re destroying each other. We start on the animals, then we start on humans. It always starts on the low rung, and it just escalates. It doesn’t look like it’s getting much better.”

—Singer Chrissie Hynde, Pretenders’ rock legend and vegan restaurant co-owner, in an interview with The Baltimore Sun.

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Glamour Women Of The Year Awards - Arrivals

Just a little reminder if you live near New York and you haven’t already made plans for the weekend. And if you have, just tell your date a “family affair,” came up. Better yet, take him or her with you to the benefit for the Woodstock (N.Y.) Farm Animal Sanctuary featuring cartoonist Dan Piraro and singer and songwriter Nellie McKay. Hopefully, Nellie will grab something nutritious to eat before her performance, versus her usual fare of french fries.

The most bizarre cartoonist will do his 45 minute comedy act followed by the feminist who sings about having no sense of humor when in comes to equal pay and ending child abuse.

Tickets are $20, doors open at 7pm, and it’s first come, first be entertained with a night of awesome vegan performers. Go to their website for any other information you might need to convince yourself that this is going to be one fun night.

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Forgive Lauren Bush, For She Has Eco-Sinned

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, September 19th, 2008 in Environment-Eco-Green, Fashion, Models, Videos.

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Forgive us, for we have Eco-sinned as well.

We’ve been covering the veg beat in politics lately, including Obama’s desire to get more veggie for the children, Laura Bush’s organic obsession, and Chelsea Clinton’s vegan chef experience while she was in living in the White House. Lauren Bush, is the niece of President George W. Bush, but she really has more to claim to fame that this familial association. At the age of 22, she became a humanitarian with the U.N. World Food Programme, she’s launched an environmentally friendly clothing line, and she has been a vegetarian since the age of four! Most of us barely knew how to pronounce most of the food we ate then. The fashion model and designer basically made the decision after learning what she was eating was an animal. She tries to be as green as possible, but she’s not a saint. Watch the video to hear her reveal her “Eco-sin.”

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Joanne Rose Bothered By Dietitians Encouraging Meat And Dairy

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, September 19th, 2008 in Actresses, Recipes.

Joanne Rose is an Australian born actress that has appeared in “CSI: New York” and as a stand in for the movie Knocked Up.

She was heavily influenced by the late River Phoenix, who was also a vegetarian, in her decision to stop eating animal products and is not too keen on the advice some medical professionals give about healthy eating.

“It bothers me that there are dietitians out there who encourage people to eat meat and dairy,” she told Celebrities For Health. “They believe that eating red meat gives you the essential iron intake you need…You can get all the right vitamins and minerals from being a Vegan. You can also take vitamin supplements to enhance your dietary needs.”

Some of her favorite foods are rice balls, tofu burgers, and wheat-free vegan pizza. She was kind enough to share one of her favorite recipes for “Savory Sauce.” We haven’t tried it yet, but sure sounds like something to share at a future staff dinner.

via Celebrities For Health

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Almost Vegan Andre 3000 Benjamin Eats Honey And Wears Leather

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 in Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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The veg half of the duo “Outkast,” is the first to admit he’s not the militant vegetarian that people label him. Although he won the 2004 Sexiest Vegetarian Title by PETA, he’s never done any work for them. In addition, he follows the mostly vegan diet, but not necessarily vegan lifestyle.

“I still eat honey and wear leather,” he told Rolling Stone.

He made some internet waves a couple of months ago after a photographed receipt from a restaurant showed he left no tip for a waiter who claimed to have bent over backwards to bring the ex partner of fellow vegetarian Erykah Badu a vegan meal.

Andre is currently working on a solo album that should be out at the end of this year or early next.

via Rolling Stone

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Dilbert’s Scott Adams Asks If Cow Sightings Make You Salivate

Written by Vegetarian Star on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 in Cartoonists, Pop Culture.

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Scott Adams is the creator of the popular Dilbert cartoon series that has launched a thousand laughs about the office, management, and the regular 9-5 grind most of us partake in.

Adams is a vegetarian and also has a blog, where, like cartoonist Dan Piraro, he sometimes like to discuss his beliefs about the lifestyle.

In one of his posts, he said that in order for humans to be natural meat eaters, two things must take place:

1. Eating lots of meat wouldn’t increase your health risks.
2. Seeing a cow would make you salivate if you were hungry

He then goes on to argue that if eating meat is that natural, meat eaters shouldn’t have to barbecue things up or shape them into steaks and so forth. Obviously he’s gotten lots of comments about the argument, but we can’t help but give him credit for such a brillant and hillarious way to argue against meat eating. The next time your friend chomps into a hamburger, ask him if sinking his teeth into live cattle rump would produce the same experience!

Don’t forget to check out Scott’s blog from time to time!

Photo: Tricia on Wikimedia Commons

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Olympics - Closing Ceremony

“I’m a vegetarian. I don’t eat animals, so I won’t wear them.”

—Leona Lewis, pop singing star, when asked by Glamour Magazine why she refuses to wear leather. See Lisa Edelstein, it’s not so hard after all.

via Famous Veggie

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Paul McCartney Urged To Save The Poor Cows

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 in Chefs, Male Musicians, Male Singers.

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Paul McCartney is being urged to save the cows by encouraging people to vote for a “Poor Cow” motion that will introduce ethical standards for cow rearing and dairy production.

The UK Vegetarian Society, which Paul is a patron of, currently has no standards for rearing cows and the dairy produced that is Vegetarian Society trademark approved. Because of this, some feel this means the society could be approving dairy products from cows that are kept in unhealthy conditions, not allowed to graze, and are fed genetically modified grain.

The Society is also being accused by some of having lower standards than groups such as UK organic Soil Association, The RSPCA Freedom Foods scheme, and Gordon Ramsay.

Yes, Gordon Ramsay has just scored another point in the ongoing meatoff between him and McCartney. It seems even the foul mouthed chef who suggested electrocuting vegetarians insists on animal welfare standards, only buying meat for his restaurants that are “ethically bread.”

“We have traceability across the board, where we have a certification of whether it’s organic beef, or whether it’s a hand-picked scallop or a line-caught sea bass,” he said in an interview.

Sources say the trustees of the society have told their members to vote against the motion because they feel doing so will cause membership to decline. Still, others want Paul to use his influence to vote for a minimum standard much like he has used his clout in the past to ban GM ingredients in certain foods.

via Now Public

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